Neck-yoke attacher.



` W. A. BOWMAN.

NECK YOKE ATTAGHER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1B. 1914. 1,121,46L Patented Dec. 15. 1914.

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'WILLIA1VI.A. BOWMAN, 0F REPUBLIC, WASHINGTON.

n NECK-YOKE ATTAGI-IER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

Application filed Aprilia, 1914. serial No. 832,781.

tongue at the eXtreme front end of the latter and thereby prevent the.tongue f from projecting forwardly of the neck yoke and forming an.obstruction which is likely .to catch the lines.

The invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangementof devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinalsectional view of the front portion of a vehicle tongue provided with aneckl yoke attacher and cap constructed in accordance with my invention.Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view vof the same.

For the purposes of this specification the front portion of a vehicletongue is indicated at 1. In accordance with my invention I provide aniron or cap 2. which is fitted on the front end ofthe tongue and issecured thereto by means of rivets 3. In the lower side of the cap oriron, at the front end thereof, is formed a substantially V- shaped hook4 which comprises a vertical front arm 5 and an inclined rear arm 6.1The. vertical front arm is provided at its upper end with a forwardlyprojecting lip 7 This lip is at the lower side of the cap. The cap. isprovided in its lower side with a longitudinal slot which extendsthrough its front end and in the said slot is tted a longitudinallymovable bolt 8. This bolt bears on the lower side of the cap or iron andis provided with slots 9 through which vthe rivets 3 extend, the saidslots permitting longitudinal movement of the bolt as will beunderstood. At the front end of the bolt is a downwardly extending arm10 atthe lower end of which is a rearwardly extending lip 11. When thebolt is drawn forwardly its arm 10 and lip l1 are spaced from the arm 5and lip 7 of the hook thereby forming a tortuous space or passagebetween the front end of the bolt and the hook and which adapts aneckyoke ring placed around the tongue and its cap to be arranged withits lower side between the arms 5 and 6 of the hook. The bolt is thenmoved rearwardly, thereby closing the `arm 10 of the bolt against thearm 5 of the hook and arranging thev lip 11 under the lip 7 and hencesecuring the neck yoke ring against casual detachment from thecap oriron. To secure the bolt in closed position the same is provided nearits rear end with an opening 12. I also provide a locking pin 13 whichpasses through and is longitudinally movable in an opening in the ironor cap and in the tongue and thispin4 is engaged with the said opening12 and is heldin engaged position therewith by means of a spring 14. l

It will be understood from the foregoing that when the neck yoke hasbeen thus attached to the pole it is arranged at the front end thereofso that the pole does not project beyond the neck yoke and hence doesnot form an obstruction at that point and cannot catch the lines. Inorder to release the neck yoke it is only necessary to rst withdraw thepin 15 against the tension of the spring 14, then draw the bolt 8forwardly and then remove the neck yoke ring from the hook.

Having thus described my invention, I claim The herein described neckyoke attacher comprising a cap for application to the front end of apole, and formed on its under side at its front end with a hook toengage and hold a neck yoke ring, said hook having an arm projectingfrom one side of said cap,`

a longitudinally movable bolt arranged in a slotin the lower side of thecap and having v an arm to close against saidv arm of the hook,

said bolt having longitudinal slots, and also `having an opening, rivetsto secure the cap to the pole and arranged in the slots of the i saidbolt and a spring pressed pin to engage the opening of the bolt and'lock the latter in closed position.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM A. BOWMAN.

Witnesses:

D. W. YEARGIN, LE ROY MCCANN.

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